Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, May 5, 2025
- 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 6:19am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:21am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 8:27am – Market Basket on General Way complaint regarding a vehicle that has been in their lot for two months with two flat tires.
- 9:40am – Mass Highway informed of road flooding on Main Street.
- 10:00am – Curtis Street resident reports a lost cell phone.
- 10:31am – Unknown medical alarm at a Salem Street residence.
- 10:51am – Salem Street resident seeks fraud advice.
- 11:59am – Lift assist for a Pearl Street resident.
- 12:01pm – Follow-up visit with Gray’s Towing on Minot Street.
- 12:16pm – Loose dog reported on Middlesex Avenue.
- 1:45pm – Main Street resident found a nail in their tire.
- 1:58pm – DPW employee lost their vehicle’s keys and will park overnight.
- 2:05pm – Loose dog running on Hopkins Street.
- 3:49pm – Hit and run reported at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:52pm – Bay State Road resident believes their phone has been tapped.
- 4:18pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Harrison Street.
- 5:02pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 5:21pm – Attempt to serve an immediate threat to a Beacon Street resident.
- 5:31pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 5:58pm – Main Street resident inquiry regarding damage to their vehicles.
- 11:53pm – Complaint regarding an illegally parked vehicle on Beacon Street.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- 4:00am – Commercial alarm at a Main Street gas station.
- 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 6:16am – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:38am – Pedestrian lights are stopping traffic on Lowell Street.
- 6:45am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 7:21am – Past hit and run reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:14am – DPW notified of a large pothole in the rear of RPD.
- 9:00am – Solstice House on Middlesex Avenue requests an officer for a client discharge.
- 10:55am – Key fob found at Memorial Park turned in at RPD.
- 11:44am – Resident requests a VIN verification.
- 12:27pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 12:33pm – Lift assist for a Scotland Road resident.
- 12:45pm – Verizon requests access to the Auburn Street water tower.
- 1:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
- 2:31pm – Fax confirms a trespass service from the Palm County, FL sheriff.
- 2:44pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Haverhill Street.
- 2:58pm – Officer reports a second minor vehicle crash on Haverhill Street.
- 4:35pm – Report of smoke emerging from a Forest Street residence.
- 7:38pm – Dicara’s Deli on Main Street reports that trees are touching the power lines and are on fire.
- 7:38pm – Units attempt to serve an immediate threat to a Franklin Street residence.
- 7:49pm – FedEx took down a wire next to a Franklin Street residence.
- 9:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Street.
- 9:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 9:19pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
